Luke 22:30

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“so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

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BSBPD

“so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 22:30 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 9:9Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
  2. 2 Samuel 19:28For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
  3. Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
  4. Matthew 8:11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  5. Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  6. Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
  7. Luke 14:15When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
  8. Luke 22:16For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
  9. 1 Corinthians 6:2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
  10. Revelation 2:26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
  11. Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
  12. Revelation 4:4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
  13. Revelation 19:9Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

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